Exactly. The finest and most important ancient Greek statues were made of precious metals and adorned with stones, which is why Greek cities were frequent targets for looting by peoples from far away. Naturally, only a tiny fraction of these works has survived
..almost by miracle
The Russian revolution is so inspiring because it’s like 7 months of the most annoying liberals on here being in charge and everything going to shit then the coolest guy in history owns them and sets up a system that puts the first man in space
Cuban President Diaz-Canel to NBC: if Cuba is so incapable, so closed-off, so uninnovative -- why has the US spent 60+ years and millions of taxpayer dollars trying to crush it?
"Why don't they let us fall on our own, if that's what they believe?"
The collapse of the Soviet Union saw the greatest peace time reduction in life expectancy and standard of living of any major human population ever. Just an fyi.
Who are responsible for the destruction of Knossos in 1370 BC?
SCENARIO TWO:
The Mycenaean Knossos acquired such great power that it eventually became a major threat to the Mycenaean rulers of the mainland, who eventually turned it into a pile of ruins.
#Mycenaeans#Minoans
"On both sides they imagined that 'bluffing' would suffice to achieve success. None of the players thought that it would be necessary to go all the way. The tragic poker game had begun."
- Christopher Clark on Austrian demands that led to WW1.
You can’t talk about Congo’s mining crisis without mentioning how Patrice Lumumba was removed after challenging Western control of its wealth, remember its democratically elected leader was overthrown and killed with backing from the U.S. and Belgium after trying to nationalize resources.
Cuba - this little besieged island - has done more for the world than anyone else considering its size and ability. They’ve punched above their weight. If there was ever a time to give back it’s now!
‘The African countries, for whose independence and sovereignty Cuba shed the blood of thousands of its sons and daughters, haven't even tried. And they are lands rich in oil. Many other Latin American governments delivered speeches of solidarity, but their shipments were pitifully small; perhaps they didn't want to stir up their respective internal right-wing factions too much.’
Hainan is basically going to be the World's next Singapore,
China, the government that told you this about Shenzhen in 1989 is telling you its going to be,
Even Singapore has realized Hainan is going to partly nuke its entire business model,
I know one African businessmen who's been there for a year now and has moved his entire family out there, the benefits for businessmen are legit insane there,
but you're not going to do anything or ever visit because of the good old days or AI has claimed every business model or whatever.
The Chinese Century.
¿De qué tenemos que pedir perdón? ¿De qué nos van a perdonar? ¿De no morirnos de hambre? ¿De no callarnos en nuestra miseria? ¿De no haber aceptado humildemente la gigantesca carga histórica de desprecio y abandono?
Recordatorio de que no es moralmente reprochable desearle el mal o la muerte a los millonarios y poderosos que han hecho ese poder y fortuna a base de explotación, muertes y pobreza, para ellos no somos ni humanos, ¿por qué para mí ellos si?
Te lo he dicho antes y te lo digo hoy
Dios déjame ser el avatar que por fin traiga la furia que tú no puedes tener
para destruir a los yankees y a todo su imperio de maldad.